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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHERMAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Liam Parent No. 70,126, daad october 22, 1867.

IMPROVED GRA1N-ELEVATOR AND FEEDER.

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Be git known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHERMAN, of Sau' Francisco city, San Francisco county, State of California, have invented-a new and improved Grain-Elevator Feederg and I do hereby declare the followingdescription andaccompanying drawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains tomake and use my said invention without further invention orl experiment.

The nature of my invention is to 'provide affeeder to the common grain-elevator, so arranged that when the grain is removed 'by it,- by the use of my feeder a. sufficient `quantity may be brought within easy reach of the common elevator without the aid of man-power; also so constructed that it may be'lengthened and extended to any part of the storehouse or vessel.

For the accomplishment of my-ebjeet attach to thecommon elevator-case, by means of brackets, a yoke. Through thisyoke is placeda shaft, to which, by means of bevel-gearing, is connected the elevator and my improvement, both being'driven by the same power. Adjustable extensionpieces,.for cngthening or shortening the feeder, are' placed along each side of the case, and may be taken out,T and put in at pleasure. Referring to the drawings l l Figure 1 is asectional elevation of an elevator, 'with my improved feeder attached.

Figure 2 is a front elevationof the feeder, shovwing its attachment to anelevator.

A represents a common elevator, showing the band B stretchedV over awheel, through which a shaft, C, passes, and to which. the bevel-wheel D is keyed, operating the bevel-gearingE F G. 'I he bevel-,wheel Gr is keyed to a shaft which passes through a yoke attached to the case A, and also through the head of the feedercase H, over which the elevator-band I passes. The cups J K are of doubleconstruction, placed hack to back upon the band or belt, to prevent the grainfrom falling back again after it has been taken up; also side pieces are placed between each series of cups, for the same purpose. L L are'supports, to prevent the elevator-band, which is stretched around the wheel M and wheel on the shaft G, from sinking down when loaded. N is a yokeframe, attached to the elevator-ease A by mea-ns of brackets O O, which allows the feederto swing backward and forward, describing the arc of a circle. This "device may be-'placed on both sides-of the case A, and the feeder changed from one to the other, as desired. i

For the purpose oflengthening and extending my feeder to remote parts of the vessel or storehouse, in ease the grain inthe immediate vicinity has been taken up, I employ extension-pieces' H and H', of any desired length, upon each side of the case H, by means of lap-joints and screws, or any other device. The elevatorband, of course, is to be lengthened or shortened, as the case may be, when the pieces are-added or taken out. For throwing the feeder in andwoutof'gear a clutch may be placed on the shaft G.

By this means the grain is reached in all partsjof the vessel without the necessity of shovelling, in order to keep the main elevator supplied. 4lin case of necessity, the main elevator may be placed at an incline, as where the vessel does not lie close to the wharf. Y i v i In operating my machine, motion is imparted to it from the main elevator by means of the shaft C, upon which is the bevel-wheel D, communicating with thelgearing E F, and transmitting power to the shaft G, around the drum of which and the wheel M is placedthe feeder-bandI, and to which the cups are attached, which constantly take up the grain and carry it Ato the main elevator.

It will readily be seen that much time and'expense will be saved in discharging ships, as woll as emptying storehouses, by the use of my supply-feeder, as no shovelling will be required, and thesamerpower` which drives the main elevator'will drive them both.

l. I claim the elevator-feeder described, arranged at the lower end of the elevator, and operated by the' gearD'on the lower pulley-shaft of the elevating-bemin combination with the gears E, Rand G, so constructed and arranged that thefeeder maybe swung around in the are of a circle, to bring it to the grain to be :fed to the elevator.

2. Lengthening or shortening the said feeder', by taking out or putting in the'extcnsion-pieces II andII,

substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto-set my hand am seal.

Witnesses: v C. W. M. SMITH, JAMES J. IIAncnAvn.

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